COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2582, 29 January 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

- --*- 'Pir n'iiU;:ln T\,i:ts </j!;rc, Monday. .AUCKLAND I'l,'Ul >UC'K MARKETS. Mi , . Ai.kx. Aitkkn's Makkkt Uuroiir.— Undines* hiisl: in all lines. Large (juantities of all kind--, ef produce have, come to lumil, must nl" which U:\-> found :eady sab. I Vtaloes have been in farther increased sii|.|.'y. .AM ii;>« HobarU in sacks found private buyeis fur export, but those in s nail bags have sulci at lower prices at auction. The demand fur kidneys is failing o;r, and only Hobarts are asked' for. Seed o.lion-! have been in irood demand for export, but nuuo have been wanted for local consumption. I'otato unions will nut sell, except at low prices. This supply of seed o;iioiis, although large, is not cfjiial to requirements. Vegetables arc low. Grain is epiiet. CliafF, no sale. I'onlhy lias como forward freely, and supply has be*n ill excess of demand, consi quently prices liavo not rulu'l high. I'igs: Large supplies of sucuud-class breeds ; prii:.:s easier. .13.1'jun and h;.ims h.ivn moved' more freely, at fair valiieH. Che.esn is (piiet. A larg" quant?!. , ,' of .si'Coiid-"l:\i s quality has been cleared.' Butter: Fresh lias improved in price, and supply lias been larger. Eggs liavo also improved in value. Coined butter is ipiiet, ami sells only for pastry use, for whieh tho demand is small. Fruit h.-u< been in unusually large supply. "Piiinis hum Sold well, but small apples rtileii low. I'ear.s reals'd fair v:ilues. All tho sales have been favoured with crowded attendances. Tho following are the quotations for the week :— "fowls, old, 7'l to Is; irooil ordinary, Is to is 5.1 ; roosters, Sil to Is 7d ; ducks, 7d t.. Is fill ; turkeys, none : t,'<-ese, L'-i 1'..-| to 3s 3d ; chicks, Jd to 7,1; purebred fowl-, Is 5d to 2-i ; pigs, is ;j:| to !),( each ; potatoes, in sacks, trade lines, .f(i 10s to i' 7 (sacks weighed in) ; potatoes, in small bags, at auction, 5s to b'-i iiJ (bags extra) ; seed onions, 17 (sacks extra) ; potato onions, iM 10s (sacks extra) ; Danish oats, 3s 3d to 3' Id ; bran, 5s ; sharps, 5s ; pig meal, t'3 : chaff, ,1'! LOs to i.'2 ss; butter, fresh, to 10d ; inferior, 3. l ,'l ; corned butter, to M ; egers, guaranteud, 10.'.-cl to lid ; others, SdtnS.'.d; bacon, 5.'. to (il; hams, li.'.d to ykl; rian-ier honey." 3d ; section dittn"_ 3d ; whito clover ditto, ',',\i\ ; apples, small, ijd to lArl ; ]ar t :e, ;d told fgoml extra, Ihi to lid ; small pears, Id td-Jd : cooking pu.u-s. ij to Id ; plums, -J'.i] to 1.1 ; groongage, I , . I ,' l ' to 41; peach plimi -, 31 to 11; peaches, 5J to SUi per dozen, and _'d to 4d per lb. CHRISTCHUiJCH OK.VIN ANJ) PKOJ)UOK MAItKKTri. Mkssus Kavi-: and Cap.n:n's Kkpoht for week ending Jan. L'Nt, I.s.S!» :—Wheat: Tuscan, Is •_•■! : pesrl. 4s; KunterV, 3s ltd. Fowl wheat . (.Jo.,d whole, 3s Sd ; broken, 3-; Id. Oats: Milling, 3s 3d; bright short, 3s 2:\ ; dims, 3s; black, 3s: Danish, 3s Id (scarce). Karli'V : Trime, -Is liil ; goucl malting, -U lo Is 3d ; fund, 2s'Jd ; Cape, 3s L'd : pearl, t'L'O. l'cas : l'russian blue, I'h Ii I to 8< Nil; split, I'll. T.eaus: (iood whole, 3s fid ; medium, 3.-; 5.1. Flour: IMler, .tl'J: stone, JJU. Bran, '.15s; sharps, il.js ; pollanl. (KH Oatmoal : in bill's, J-'l.s 10-i ; 7lbs., t'l'O. Uyecorn, 3-i 'Jd ; linseid, ,tl."i. Kycgraks : Machine dressed, is 3d to 3s (id. Cocks foot: flood samples, 3 1 , d ; medium, 3}d ; seconds, l.'.d. Oatsheaf chaff, &. Hay (baled), .t4~17s (id. J'.uttrr, Hd (nominal). Cheiise : 'Loaf, li.Vl ; medium, Gil. I tanw, !).); bacon, 7yd; hams and bacon, SVI. Lard: in bladders, -l.'.d. The above prices current are all f.0.1;., Lyttolton, sacks and packages extra, except when otherwise sDucilied. LOXDOX MAIMvKTS. LoN'hON'. January 'J.".--Tlio total reserve of the Bank of England amounts to tKS/.HIL'.OOO, an increase of tSItf.OOO on the previous week. Tho proportion of reserve to liabilities is 41 -' J. Consuls, 09. The market is active. Now Zealand -! per cent, inscribed stock if lOl.j. Business active Tallow: fe-t mutton, 3iis to 3u< (id ; best beef, 31s to 34s tid. New Z-hbind butter is quoted at ,S4s to Ulis. Nnv 'A-nbind hemp is quoted at from fri.S to I'iO p-r ton.